Long-Term Debt and Capital Lease Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations

The following table presents our long-term debt instruments and balances under capital lease obligations outstanding at September 30, 2014 and 2013. The non-recourse debt matures at various months in the years so indicated in the table below:

	September 30, 2014					September 30, 2013
	Carrying Amount		Debt Premium (Discount)			Carrying Amount		Debt Premium
	(in thousands)
Recourse to EZCORP:
Domestic line of credit up to $200 million due 2015	$	—	$	—		$	140,900	$	—
2.125% Cash Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019	185,693		(44,307		)	—		—
Cash Convertible Senior Notes Due 2019 embedded derivative	36,994		—			—		—
Capital lease obligations	418		—			924		—
Non-recourse to EZCORP:
Secured foreign currency debt up to $4 million due 2014	63		3			1,207		99
Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2014	86		—			—		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $5 million due 2015	—		—			6,281		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $9 million due 2016	4,796		—			—		—
Secured foreign currency debt up to $23 million due 2017	22,240		—			22,822		—
Consumer loans facility due 2017	—		—			31,951		—
Consumer loans facility due 2019	54,045		—			—		—
10% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—			503		—
15% unsecured notes due 2013	—		—			12,884		244
10% unsecured notes due 2014	1,158		—			8,925		—
11% unsecured notes due 2014	—		—			110		—
9% unsecured notes due 2015	29,875		—			16,068		—
10% unsecured notes due 2015	943		—			418		—
11% unsecured notes due 2015	4,897		—			—		—
15% secured notes due 2015	—		—			4,185		381
10% unsecured notes due 2016	118		—			121		—
12% secured notes due 2016	3,881		174			—		—
12% secured notes due 2020	22,314		—			—		—
Total	367,521		(44,130		)	247,299		724
Less current portion	11,091		177			30,969		543
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations	$	356,430	$	(44,307	)	$	216,330	$	181